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CLOs at a glance (July 2022)
1 year ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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CLO managers added to their pool of analysts last year: Fitch
1 year ago
CLO asset managers staffed up last year as primary issuance volume soared, with Fitch Ratings finding the average analyst team size increased from 16 to 17 -
CLOs at a glance (May 2022)
1 year ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
2 years ago
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate -
Credit funds at a glance (March 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
2 years ago
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners -
LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
2 years ago
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates -
T Rowe Price to buy Oak Hill for up to $4.2 billion
2 years ago
Oak Hill is set to become T Rowe Price’s private markets platform, led by Oak Hill’s chief executive officer Glenn August -
Global CLO trading lab: bank sells $834 million triple As in quarterly reallocation as hedge fund trades CLO equity
2 years ago
Thursday’s secondary CLO market was the busiest of 2021, with over $1 billion of US CLOs on offer. This featured an enormous b-wic worth $834.3 million, where sources have told Creditflux of the bank behind the aucton. While a large credit hedge fund is said to have sold out of control CLO equity -
Global CLO trading lab: quality and optionality shine as 2020 and 2019 mezz trades up
2 years ago
The primary and secondary CLO markets are moving in tandem with both markets drifting wider amid a wealth of supply -
CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
3 years ago
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues -
A brighter year ahead
3 years ago
Panellists on Creditflux’s CLO webinar described how CLO spreads are close to historic tights, ESG is entering the docs and managers have more flexibility with work-outs than ever before -
CLO pipeline: OFS to make comeback as 2020 absentees eye new issues
3 years ago
As liability spreads tighten day by day, the CLO pipeline is filling fast. 2020 absentees are joining the parade as four US managers and three European managers aim to return to the new issue market after taking a break of 12 months or longer -
CLO pipeline: 2020 absentees join new issue rush
3 years ago
The CLO pipeline is growing by the minute as managers prepare their first new issues of the year after varying lengths out of the market -
2020 wrap: CLO funds bloom despite rocky ground
3 years ago
2020 was a busy year for CLO fundraising, with Creditflux recording at least 30 funds that launched over the 12 months to invest across the CLO capital structure -
LP round up: Monroe and Angelo Gordon beat 25 for direct lending mandate, as private credit plans brew
3 years ago
US public pension funds have disclosed $1.2 billion in commitments to credit focused strategies -
LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
3 years ago
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein -
Global b-wic round-up: Europe drifts wider
3 years ago
The CLO secondary market had a robust week with $860 million of US CLO paper and €315 million worth of European CLO bonds listed. But spreads widened off the back of concerns over lockdowns across the globe, the increased risk of downgrades and tomorrow’s US presidential election -
CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
3 years ago
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer -
CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
3 years ago
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years -
CLO pipeline: marathon runners and sprinters join the race
3 years ago
Five new CLOs priced last week, four of which were US issues and one European, but they have been ably replaced in the pipeline, with a handful of managers looking to strike while the CLO market is still hot -
LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
3 years ago
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies -
Benchmark European 2020 CLO trades 11 points down in secondary
4 years ago
A senior European CLO investor has flipped €21.9 million worth of notes onto the secondary market, selling eight of nine line items via a b-wic, sources say. Meanwhile, US CLO trading switched from being investment grade focused over the last month to being centred on below IG tranches yesterday: IG volumes reached $574 million versus $926 million for lower rated tranches -
Beyond blacklists: the next step in ESG
4 years ago
Credit managers are integrating ESG into their investment processes, but that does not mean they are unable to invest in unethical credits — they can, if they are paid adequately for the risk. -
CLO pipeline: managers look to avoid a repeat of 2018 with new issue flutter
4 years ago
US and European CLO managers are preparing to up the ante in September, but they will have to defy a trend set a year ago
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